Vehicle-spring.



G. W. TIBBITS.

VEHICLE SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED mamas, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

GEORGE. w. rxsnnrs',

.Be it known tha I citizen of the Uni Angeles, in the new and useful Springs, of w cation.

To all whom it may concern I t I, GEORGE JV. Tnsnrrs, a

ted States, residing at Los ounty of Los Angelesand State of California, have invented a certain Improvement in- Vehiclehieh the following a specifiwhich the transmissio chassis is of the. xehicle are ke means of which rough be negotiated withou the chassis. T hese, and other by the vehicle spri and shown in the whiclnFigure I my invention Jframe of avehicle;

and Fig. 3.is a vertic Fin. 1.. looking in the Referring to the (1 fragment of the frame 2 indicates lh'e axl sleeife surrounding sai On said chassis 1 disk 4, car

integral friction disk 7 arranged to he said disk 4, bv

ed on said bolt 5 Cached to the aXle said disks .4 and 7.

rests on a compressi connected to said a other end of said bar ;-..ehassis by a spring 14,

ten'siontype, as shown.

- asa teeter. \Vhen'the ities or rats in the.

I 1 1ransmittedlothe hot-the bar to wli reduced to a minim pt on the road, and by and uneven roads may t noticeably affecting objects are accomplished ng hereinafter described, accompanying drawing, in is a side elevation showing as. applied to thefchassis or Fig. 2 is a plan view, al section on lines 33, direction of the arrow. rawing, 1. indicates a or chassis of a vehicle. e, and v d axle 2. I

is riveted or bolted a ryina a bolt 5, on w otally mounted a bar 6, havi held in frictional contact with spring 8, on said bolt One end 9, ofa radius rod 10, is also mountthe other end being atsleeVe serve to..hold the parts moun 5, in place, the nut 11,-servi to regulate the amount offrictionbetween' One end of said bar 6, on spring .13, which is xle sleeve preferably the ex- .Said bar 6, as is obvious, ac i wheels strike i nequ alroad, the shock is first spring: 13. then to the end ich .it is connected, and

'vEHIoL' EsPR'IivG. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Septfl22, 1914. An mation filed Augut26, 191a .SerialN'o. 786,807; i Y e I for resilis ,a vehicle from, s ob ects to provide" n of shocks to the um, the wheels necting the other of said bar with saidch is an axle hich is pivng preferably an at or near Its center,

Nuts 11 and 12, ted on said bolt rig additionally 3, while the connected to the ts snbsta n tiall y its center on pi'votally moun finally to the spring 14, themovement'ofthe bar in response to jars bein amount of friction between the plates. or disks 4 and 7, whichalso controls the flexibility of said bar proportionably with the load. "lhe wheels in i in close negotiation chassis remains prac times;

- \Vhat I claim, is- I l.- The combination with a axle, of a plate connected wit with the road and the 1 said chassis,

g regulated by the this manner are kept '60 tica lly horizontal at all chassis and i an I a bar pivotally mounted on said plate, a com-,

pression spring conn bar with said axle, an extension sprin'gcon end of said .sprin .with said chassis,.a'.nd meansto move said ar in engagement with said plate regulate the pivotal movement 2. The combination with a ch of asnbstantially straight bar pivoted on said chassis, a compressionspring connecting one end of said bar I an extension spring connecting the other end ner, and an intermediate regulable means to move said bar in engagement with said chassis whereby to friotionally regula pivotal movement of said bar. I i)- 3. The combination with a chass a de, of a bar pivotally mounted at or'neaf'i said chassis, a compression spring attached to one end of said bar andsaid axle,

the other end of said bar ecting one end of said 4 to frictionally of said bar. assis and an I assis in a direct' manwith said 'axle,.;.'

is and an chassis, and means to cause an engageme t 1 of nd batwith Salinas-s s toffigtionsilly to I thereof procontrol the pivotal movement portionably with the load. 4. The com 'iinatlon with an extension spring connected to amd directly to S. id

a'chassis and an axle, of'a. plate'connected with said chassis, I

a bar pivotally' -.mounted on said plate, a compression spring connecting; one end of said bar with said aXl e, an extension spring connecting theothcr end of said bar directly with 1 said.

connected with sa ,5: through said pl ted on said bolt,

id chassis,

"with said chassis, means to causea frid,

I d] means to rigidly connect the tion witha chassis and an f ate, a bar a compreasion spring connecting one end of said bar In testimony whereof I aflix my signature with said axle, an extension spring connectin the presence of two witnesses.

ing the other end of said bar with said G W TIBBITS chassis, a spring on said bo1t,,a radius rod 5 connecting said chassis with said axle, and Witnesses:

means on said bolt to cause a frictional en- W. J. M0CANN,

gagement of said bar with plate. G. W. VANAUKEN. 

